Homelessness is a growing problem which is with us now and needs a solution immediately, before more people die on our streets.

How about the council buying an old car, non-runners, accident write-offs etc, for each homeless person to live in while they try to sort out their problems? It would probably cost around £5,000 - £6,000 for, maybe 30 cars.

They could even start a charity collection to pay for it.

The cars could be be put on car parks in town, if they are considered to be not public highways, as the cars would not be taxed, or alternatively, they could be kept off road somewhere near town. They do need to be somewhere near town because of access to toilet facilities, and also to avoid isolation.

Could homeless people benefit from being given old cars to sleep in?

This obviously is not a solution to homelessness, but it would, instantly, get people out of the wind and the rain, and provide them with a place of their own, which they could lock up, where they could leave their bedding etc during the day.

This surely shouldn't take a lot of talking about? It should be fairly easy and quick to implement.

If anyone else has a better instant short term solution, let's hear it. Let's stop talking about it and do something now to help these people!